Safety-razor.



No. 823,134. I PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906,

w M. A. MIHILLS.

SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1905.

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"UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

MERRICK A. MIHILLS, or HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May '29, 1905. Serial Nb. 262,885

Patented June 12,1906.

- safety-razors; and the object of my improvements is to provide'a razor of the character hereinafter described having a blade provided with a back slidably mounted in a slotted stem or handle and having a guard mounted on said handle and provided with a sleeve slidably mounted on said stem or handle.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside view of my improved razor suitably adjusted to be used by the right hand; Fig. 2, a side view of same suitably adjusted to be used by the left hand; Fig. 3, an inverted view of the o posite side of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a side view'o the sleeve detached from the stem; Fig. 5, an end view of the sleeve; Fig. 6, a side view of the stem detached from the sleeve, blade, and guard; Fig. 7, a view of the opposite side of Fig. 6; Fig. 8, an end view of the stem; Fig. 9, a view of the inner face of the guard; Fig. 10, an end view of the uard detached from the blade; Fig. 11,- a si e view of the blade detached from the stem and guard; Fig. 12, an end view of the blade; Fig. 13, an end view of the blade and guard assembled; Fig. 14, a

side view of a sleeveof modified construction; and Fig. 15, an end view of the sleeve of modified construction.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a represents a hollow tubular stem or handlehaving secured in each end a plug or stop a, and provided in one side and midway between its ends with a longitudinal o ening a and having on the same side at eac end a slot a extending from the end of the stem to the end of the o ening a Formed in the opposite side of the stem is a longitudinal groove of, communicating at each end with a perforation a j 1) represents a'cutting-blade having a back 5, adapted to fit the tubular opening in the.

stem and to slide endwise therein with. the blade projecting through the slot a Said back I) is ada ted to be removed from the stem through t e openind a 0 indicates a guard removably secured to the blade by means of the lugs 0, formed on the ends of the guard and engaging the ends of the blade. The guard instead of the blade may be provided with a back adapted to be slidably mounted in the stem.

(1 denotes a sleeve slidably mounted on the stem and provided with a perforation cl and having in its opposite side a longitudinal slot d to receive the blade.-

6 represents a resilient member, made preferably from a piece of spring-wire or the like and having one of its ends secured to the sleeve d and having its opposite end 0 arranged in and extending through the perforation d in the sleeve and adapted to travel in the groove a in the stem (1 when the sleeve is moved endwise and to enter the perforations 0, one at a time at the ends of the groove, and thereby prevent the accidental .endwise or rotary movement of the sleeve on the stem when the razor is in use.

In the modified construction shown in Figs. 14 and 15 a band or collar f surrounds the sleeve and is provided with a strewthread ed perforation in which there is mounted a thumb-screw f extending through the erforation d in the sleeve and adapte to travel in the groove (1 in the stem or to engage the perforations ai in the same.

The razor, as shown in Fig. 1, is roperl adjusted to be operated by the rig t han .To adjust the razor so it may be used b the left hand, the sleeve and the blade are s id to the opposite ends of the stem, as shown in Fig. 2. Sliding the blade with the guard thereon from one end of the sleeve to the other is equivalent to chan ing the guard from one side ofthe blade to t e other. Having thus described my invention,'what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is. l

1. In a razor of the class described, a tubular handle provided with a longitudinal slot having awidened portion midway of the handle, and a cutting-blade having an enlarged back slidably mounted in the handle and ada ted to be removed through the said widene ortion of the slot.

2. n a razor of the class described, a tubular handle provided with a longitudinal slot having a widened ortion midway of the handle, a cutting-blzu 0 having an enlarged back slidably arranged in the handle and adapted to be removed through the said widened portion of the slot, and a guard removably mounted on the blade.

n arazol: t he cl cl rihe ,w u ular handle (provided in one side with a groove,

a blade sli ab mounted in said handle, and.

a sleeve slidab y mounted on said handle and provided with aperforation, and a resilient,

" w m p ide w Q ngitudinal O en mid-Way of its length, and; having at each end a slot commimieating. with the ends of Said 0 ening; a. euttingbladehavin roneedgeslidab 51 mounted in. the stem, an adapted to 'benemoyed therefrom thtough the said longitudinal opening; and a sleeve sltdabliy mounted; on the stem.

5. In a razor of'theclass described, a tubular; stem provided: with a longitudinal slot, and. a groove in its op osite side; a eutting blade idably moun-te in the stem; at" rd: for said blade; a slotted; sleeve slidali mounted on the. stem, and provided.

a. perforation; and. adjustable means mounted: t perforati n in' i e and adapted to engage the groove in the stem.

61 L a razor 0f t e WdeseribedL a tubu- Ular stem having plugs in its op osite ends,

and provided in one side with a ongitudinal opening, and having in the same side slots extending from the ends of the opening to the ends of the stem, and provided on-its opposite-sidewith a longitudinal groove, and having a perforation at each end of the stem; a blade having a back mounted the stem; and ada ted; to be removed through the longitudinai'openingain the stem; a guard removably secured to said blade-f a'slotted sleeve slidaably mountedon said stem, and

provided with a perfiorati'on; means mounted onthe sleeve, and extend-in I O. K. Tnneo I. DAREKS. 

